Painting Contractor
Marketing Plan

You're short on copy and strategy; this pre-written plan supplies ready marketing copy and task sets you can edit. It saves hours by giving proven actions, but lets you tailor messages, budgets, and channels to your local market. The plan fits residential and commercial services and maps to project seasons.

Editable headlines and email templates

Swap channels for local focus

Adjust budgets per campaign quickly

Works for residential and commercial

You're scheduling crews and campaigns; the Gantt chart shows tasks across weeks so you spot conflicts and handoffs at a glance. Bars show start/end dates, dependencies, and owners so you keep marketing aligned with job availability. It's built in Excel to print, share, or import to Google Sheets.

Color-coded task bars for clarity

See task overlaps and dependencies

Sync marketing to job schedules

Printable timeline for team meetings

You're missing steps; the template includes 30+ ready tasks-local SEO, Google Ads setup, door flyers, referral outreach, and portfolio updates-so you won't skip essentials. Each action has owner, duration, and suggested copy to speed execution. Use them as-is or swap with local tactics.

Local SEO checklist included

Google Ads setup steps included

Neighborhood flyer and signage tasks

Referral outreach to agents, managers

You're facing changing job dates; every start date and duration is editable without breaking links or the Gantt logic. Shift a campaign week and dependent tasks update automatically so your schedule stays coherent. That keeps marketing tied to peak seasons and crew availability.

Drag dates to reschedule quickly

Durations update dependent tasks automatically

Adjust per-season campaign lengths easily

Keep marketing synced with job calendar

You're tracking execution; built-in progress (percent complete) fields show task status and overdue flags so you spot blockers fast. A summary row shows weekly completion and pending items for standups. Color changes highlight at-risk tasks for quick action.

Percent complete per task visible

Overdue tasks auto-highlighted for attention

Weekly summary of completed items

Use for quick standup reporting

You're coordinating crews and marketing; assign tasks to people and mark dependencies so teams know who does what and when. The template reduces overlaps and clarifies handoffs between sales, crews, and admin. It also serves as a single source of truth for small teams.

Assign owners to each task

Clear handoffs between sales and crews

Eliminate duplicate outreach efforts

Single-sheet team view for alignment

You're not an Excel expert; the template uses color-coded cells, dropdowns, and protected formulas to keep things simple. No formulas to write-only click, type, and select-so anyone on your team can update status. Built-in help notes explain each field.

Color-coded fields guide edits

Protected formulas prevent accidental breaks

Drop-downs for status and owners

no Excel training requried

You're presenting plans to clients or partners; export to PDF or copy to Google Sheets for sharing. The layout prints cleanly on standard paper for proposals and team boards. Use the printable timeline in client proposals or crew briefs.

Export to PDF for proposals

Copy to Google Sheets easily

Print-ready Gantt for wall display

Send as single-file client brief

You're running weekly meetings; the guide highlights current-week tasks and shows items due this week so the team focuses on priorities. A completion checklist helps close tasks and prepare next-week work. Use it to reduce overdue items week over week.

Current-week tasks emphasized visually

Checklist for closing weekly tasks

Prepare next-week priorities quickly

Reduce overdue actions each week